A 48-year-old man is due to appear on Thursday before the assizes du Rhône (Lyon 5th).
As indicated by
Le Progrès
, he is accused of having killed his wife on July 25, 2019 in Vénissieux (Rhône), by crushing her with his car.
At the material time, the driver of Malagasy origin was under a judicial ban from coming into contact with her, following serious domestic violence.
He should have been tried for them, a few months after this fatal July 25, 2019 to Bernadette Reby.
That day, the victim was in the parking lot of an industrial area in Vénissieux, where she was working, when a 4x4 appeared at 7:30 am to hit her and crush her against a wall.
In front of several witnesses, the driver of the vehicle fled, leaving Bernadette Reby for dead.
The latter succumbed to her injuries despite the intervention of firefighters and Samu.
Her husband for five years, with whom she was in the process of divorce, was taken prisoner a few hours later at the Villeurbanne police station.
During his police custody, he spoke of "an accident", a version that did not stand up to testimonies and CCTV images.
Indicted for "murder" on a spouse and imprisoned, the man faces life imprisonment.
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Justice
Lyon
Venissious
Trial
Violence against women
Domestic violence
Murder